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Invention of Airballoon

France · Science / Technology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1852Date range
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Chronological records

1852

Godfrey Giffard24 September 1852

Trappes · Science / Technology

Giffard makes the first powered and controlled flight traveling 27 km from Paris to Trappes

Names involved

Godfrey Giffard

Provenance

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